Embers by Sandor Marai Fantasy Warner conveys the strange ordinariness

Warner conveys the strange ordinariness of a distant yet immediate past with utter authority

darkly funny

”—Jenny Mustard

but the future of those around them

When she tells him she loves him

Embers by Sandor Marai Fantasy Warner conveys the strange ordinarinessOriginally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs. In a secluded woodland castle an old General prepares to receive a rare visitor, a man who was once his closest friend but who he has not seen in forty one years. Over the ensuing hours host and